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Server Rental Application

Members of HKUST(GZ) requiring server resources for research or teaching purposes may apply for server rental services.

Application Process​

Submit a Server Rental Request via the HPC AI Computing Platform Service Application form in the One-Stop Service Portal or DingTalk OA approval system. The HPC Team will allocate resources based on cluster availability.

1、One-Stop Service Portal (https://onestop-online.hkust-gz.edu.cn) --- IT Services --- HPC Platform Application

2、DingTalk --- OA Approval --- IT Services --- HPC AI Platform Service Application

  • Upon resource allocation, the HPC Team will notify the applicant of the deployment status, confirm the rental start date, and initiate billing.

  • During peak resource demand, requests may be fulfilled in batches or queued based on submission order.

Notes
  1. Applicants must carefully evaluate resource needs to avoid over-requesting and resource waste.
  2. To ensure fairness, the maximum rental duration shall not exceed one year.

Usage Guidelines​

The HPC Team will create queues/resource pools for rented servers. Users must specify these queues/pools when submitting computational tasks.

Notes

Only user accounts under the supervising faculty team may access the rented servers. Unauthorized users are strictly prohibited.

Return Process​

The HPC Team will contact applicants via email prior to lease expiration to confirm resource return.

For confirmed returns, users must:

  • Verify data deletion
  • Specify the exact return date

Lease Extension​

To maintain resource fairness, lease extensions are generally not permitted.

Special cases may qualify for one extension only, with a maximum duration of three months.

Extension application:

  • One-Stop Service Portal (https://onestop-online.hkust-gz.edu.cn) --- IT Services --- HPC Platform Application - Lease Extension Request

  • DingTalk --- OA Approval --- IT Services --- HPC AI Platform Service Application - Lease Extension Request